Nick Petrella is a doctor in Montreal. He works 60 hours a week. He takes care of more than100 patients a week in the hospital and at his office. He’s been a doctor for ten years.
Dr. Petrella offers lots of help to his patients. But he doesn’t just tell his patients what to do.
He also sings to them on television! Dr. Petrella has his own TV show. The show is in Italian, English and French. The doctor starts the show with a song and then he explains a medical problem or disease in simple language. After that, he sings another song.
Dr. Petrella makes and performs in his own show every week. The program is very popular with his patients and with people who enjoy his singing. His dream is to perform in Las Vegas.
His favorite songs are love songs, and he has a CD of love songs that he wrote. Dr. Petrella says, “I always love to sing. All my problems are gone when I sing.” But when Dr. Petrella was young,
his father didn’t want him to be a singer. So he went to a medical school.
Some people tell Dr. Petrella he can help people more as a doctor. But Dr. Petrella says he helps people when he sings, too. “1 like to make people smile. Sometimes it’s difficult to make a sick person smile. Medicine and entertainment both try to do the same thing. They try to make people feel good .
Choose the best choice from A, B or C according to the passage. In his TV show, Dr. Petrella _________ .
A. sings love songs he wrote
B. sings about different diseases
C. sings and explains a medical problem isn’t used in his TV show.
A. Russian B. English C. ItalianDr. Petrella performs in his show 10_________.
A. become famous B. make people feel good C- achieve his dream From the article, we can know Dr. Petrella is _____________.
A. talented and proud B, creative but lazy C. kind and helpful What’s the best title (标题）of the article?
A. Medicine and Entertainment B. His Dream Came True C. A Singing Doctor
Where Are We Going, Dad? is one of the most popular television shows in China now. Fathers now take an active part in their children's lives.
Five well-known fathers and their children travel around China, riding camels through the western deserts (沙漠), fishing in the east sea, and selling vegetables to get money back home in the southwestern Yunnan Province. One dad doesn’t know how to do his daughter’s hair, but he learns quickly and does it well now. Another one must stay with his son for three days in the desert, because he and his son don’t know how to cook, the two only eat instant (即食) noodles.
This show raises an important question for modern Chinese society (社会) —what is the role（角色）of fathers in today’s China? In the old days, children must obey parents’ wishes and look after them in their old age. But Chinese parents now think that discussing and respecting (尊重) their children’s choices may be a better way to prepare them for modern society. “As they raise their children, parents are growing up at the same time,” said Wang Renping.
A. movie B. song C. TV show
A. Go fishing. B. Sell vegetables. C. Go skating.
A. it’s delicious B. he doesn’t know the way C. he can’t cook
A. 差异 B. 选择 C. 个性
A. In the old days, Chinese parents must obey their children’s wishes.
B. Now Chinese children don’t have to take care of their parents in their old age
C. Parents are growing up with their children in modern China.
At the beginning of 2009,Li Guilin and his wife Lu Jianfen were honored(授予...荣誉)as “People Who Moved China in 2008” in this yearly event. This event was introduced by CCTV in 2002.
Li,42,and Lu,41,were born in Han families and grew up in Ya’an City. In 1990,Li visited Erping Village(二坪村)in Liangshan of Sichuan Province, he was surprised at how backward(落后)it was. People there lived a rather poor life. The children seldom went out of the village. Li decided to teach in that village at once.
The children have to climb five wooden ladders to reach the school of Erping. They spend the week there before returning home for the weekend. “Walking on the wooden ladders is really dangerous. You can just put half of your foot in the narrowest place.Behind the ladders is the deep valley.(山谷)”
A year later, as the number of students increased, Li Guilin began to look for a new teacher. When the summer holiday was over, he couldn’t find one yet. So he advised his wife Lu Jianfen to join him.
Till now ,they have been teaching in the village for more than 18 years.Over the past years, they have taught 149 students,22 of them were from the schools of other areas because of the two kind teachers. “I’m the son of farmers,” says Li, “I know that education is the best way for a poor mountain area to change.”The couple(夫妇)will go on working at this school to help more children walk out of the mountains into happy and bright futures.
A. three times. B. eight times C. ten times
A. doctorsB. students C. teachers
A. walking on the wooden ladders is really dangerous
B. they like doing that
C. it’s the only way to the school of Erping
A. 1991B. 2002 C. 1990
A. Because both of them are children of farmers
B. Because they hope more children can have happy and bright future
C. Because they were honored as “People Who Moved China in 2008
New York, London, Paris and other big cities are exciting places to live in. There are many interesting things to see and to do in big cities. You can go to different kinds of theaters to see plays and films. You can also go shopping to buy things from all over the world.
But there are more serious problems in big cities, too. The cost of living is high and there are too many people in big cities. Every year many people move to the cities because there are more chances to find work, to study at good schools and to receive good medical care（医疗）. But sometimes these people can’t find work or a good place to live in. Also too many people in such a small place make it hard to keep the cities safe and clean.
Some people enjoy living in big cities, but others don’t. When people move to big cities, they should think about the problems of living there.
阅读短文，根据短文内容判断下列句子的正(A)误(B)。
One day, many years ago, when I was working as a psychologist in England, I brought David into my office. His face was pale and he looked at his own feet.
David lost his father when he was two years old and lived with his mother and grandfather ever since. But when he was 13, his grandfather died and his mother was killed in a car accident. His teacher told me that he refused to talk to others from then on.
David didn’t say a word. As he was leaving, I put my hand on his shoulder. “Come back next week if you like.” I said.
He came and I suggested we play a game of chess. He agreed. After that we played chess every Wednesday afternoon — in complete silence. Usually, he arrived earlier than we agreed. It seemed that he liked to be with me.
Maybe I gave David something. But I learned more from him. I learned that time makes it possible to get over what seems to be painful. David showed me how to help people like him.
根据短文内容，选择正确答案。When David came into the writer’s office, he___________.
A. said hello to the writerB. seemed happy C. looked at his feetDavid’s father died when he was ____________.
A. 13 B. 2 C. 5To help David, the writer ________ every Wednesday afternoon.
A. played chess with him B. told stories to him C. played soccer with himWhat club did David join?
A. A chess club B. An art club C. A bicycle clubWhich of the following statements is NOT true?
A. Since his father died, David refused to talk to others.
B. David didn’t say anything to the writer at first.
C. David finally got friends in school.
Years ago，if a teenager had some problems in his life，he might write them in his diary. Now he might get on the Internet and write them in his blog(博客). In many ways，a diary and a blog are almost the same. Then，what makes a blog different from a diary?
The biggest difference is that a blog is much more public than a diary. Anyone can read what you write in your blog. Usually，a teenager likes hiding his diary book and treats it as secret. If you are not satisfied with a friend and write something bad about him in your diary，he will never know it. However，if you do this on the Internet，that friend may read your blog and get angry. So we have to be careful of what we write.
A blog has good points，of course. People choose to write in blogs，they know that their friends will read what they write. If you feel sad one day and write in your diary，no one will know about it. If you write the same words in your blog，your friends may quickly write back to comfort you and offer their help. Blogs help people know what their friends are doing.
Though it's a good way to write blogs about everyday life，I still prefer my old diary.
根据短文内容，选择最佳答案。Now when a teenager has some problems in his life，he might ________.
A. talk to his friends B. keep them in his diary C. write them in his blog________ is NOT mentioned in the passage.
A. Chatting on QQ B. Getting on the Internet C. Writing blogsThe underlined word “comfort” means ________ in Chinese.
A. 责怪 B. 安慰 C. 嘲笑From the passage we know that ________.
A. the writer thinks a blog is more helpful than a diary
B. the writer thinks a blog and a diary are the same
C. the writer likes a diary better than a blogThe passage mainly talks about ________.
A. the teenagers' problems in their lives
B. the difference between a diary and a blog
C. the good points of writing blogs